Introduction A retinal OCT takes maybe two minutes to run. Coding it cleanly takes a good while longer to learn, and fumbling it can quietly drain thousands from a
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Intro A “limited” exam sounds like it should be the easy one to bill. It almost never is. CPT code 76705 the workhorse code for a focused abdominal ultrasound
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Introduction to CPT Code 36415 Some codes announce themselves. Others hide in plain sight, looking so ordinary that a busy coder waves them through without a second glance and
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Introduction Few specialties get billed as awkwardly as nutrition care. A cardiology claim is dense but predictable. A dietitian’s claim looks plain on the surface and is quietly booby-trapped
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Introduction Chronic Care Management has quietly become one of the most dependable revenue streams a primary care practice can build, and CPT code 99490 sits right at the center
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Quick Intro Ask anyone who keeps the books for a GI clinic and you’ll hear the same complaint: gastroenterology punishes coding mistakes harder than almost any other specialty in
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Physicians and medical coders use the 99232 CPT code daily to bill for subsequent hospital care. This code applies to patients admitted to an inpatient floor or held under
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The 83036 CPT code shows up on more primary care and endocrinology claims than almost any other laboratory code, and it is also one of the more misbilled. The
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A rejected pharmacy claim rarely announces itself. It slips through quietly a “refill too soon” here, a missing prior authorization there, a day-supply that didn’t line up with the
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Introduction Ask any practice owner in psychiatry, counseling, or therapy what keeps them up at night, and very few will mention clinical work. The session itself is the part
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